Mouse and rat trap



' Feb. 20; 1923.

E. H. SAMUELSON MOUSE AND RAT TRAP Fiied May 1, 1922 Patent ed Feb. 20, 1923.

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EXECUTRIX or SAID EDWARD HERMAN sA UE soN; DECEASED,

Mouse am RACE TRAP.

T0 allwhom mayconcemf' I Be it known that-I, EDWARD H. SAMUEL; SON, a citizen of-the United States; and

' resident of Long Beach, in the county of Los Ange'les and State of California, ha-ve invented a certainnew and useful Mouse and Rat Trap, ofgwhich the following is a specification. I y

The ob'ect of my invention is to provide a mouse and rat trap of simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive construction.

"More particularly, my invention relates to a trap having Ianlopeniiig therein provided with trap doors each covering sub-.

-' of the trap.

stantially a fourth of the area of the open- I andso" arranged that each .door may operateindependently of the others.

Still another object is to provide a removable screen adaptedto extend over the trap doors,.and arranged with openings, each of which correspond with one of the doors Still another object is to so mount the screen covering that it may easily be removed when desired.

With these and other objects in view, my vinvention consists in the construction, ar-

. rangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the ob eots con- I on line 3- 3of Figure 2; and

Figure 4; is a detailed sectional view taken on line 44 of Figure 2.. I I

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a container or bucket, which may. be partially filled with water. Arranged on the container 10 is a cover 11 which forms the base of my trap. 1

I Thebase or cover 11 is provided with flanges 12, which engage the sides of the container 10 for normally holding the base Application filed May 1, 1922. sentinel 557,587.

1 in proper position.

* a p wi floa The base 11 adjacent a) the Opening-14 View of my trap vided so 1 that the thereon for getting an top ofjthe base 11,.-

At runway 1s era ice or rats may pass The base 11 isp-roamed with n enlarged opening'pltthroughiwhich the mice or rats pass into-the center. ofthe'container 110.;

Tra doors 15, "16,17, and ie are pre-j-I vided for oovering the' opening 14. Each of the trap doors are provided with=' d'own' turned ears 19 through which extended is prevideaw'ith dowamrae ears 21,,

of theears21"restadjacentto one of the ears 19 on theItrap doors and rje ce he one end of the pintle wire 20, v

In order to anchor the free end the f pintle wire 20, it is necessary tobend j the end opposite from the car 21 at right angles to the main portion of the pintle rod and have it soldered to the'base 11, as at 22." 1

From the construction of the parts ju st descr1bed,it will-be seen that each of the trap doorsa-re mounted so as to swing, as

shown'by the'vdotted linesin Figure 3 of the drawings" I 1 '1 I Each of the trap doors 15, 16, 17, and 18 are provided with counterweights 23,1

which tend tohold them in proper balance. 2

The pintle rods are arranged nearer one edge of the trap door than the other, which requires the counterweights 23 to hold them in normal position. 1 I

In order to hold the trap doors fromdownward movementin an undesired direction, I provide the fiugers'or stops 24. The stops 24 are in 14-,

I provide provided with downwardly extending sides 26. Each of the sides 26 areprovided with an opening forone' of the t'rapdoors.

The side walls 26 may have apportion of formed on the edge o f-the opena screen coveringf25 which is. '90

27. The openings 27 each are so positioned that they serve as an entrance the screen bent as at 28 so as to'rest upon I I the base Ill, as clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. 6 i

In order to hold the-screen position, I form fingers 29 out of the base covering 25 in.

11, which engage the portions 28 of the covering 25 for normally holding the screen covering in proper position.

The trap may be set by fastening any sort of bait on a Wire hook member 30, fastened to the top of the screen covering near the center thereof.

In order to remove the screen covering When it is desired to bait the trap, all'that is necessary is to rotate the entire screen covering relative to the base 11 in the direction indicated by the arrow 31.

The moving of the screen covering Will cause the portions 28 thereof to disengage the fingers 29.

From the construction of the parts just described, it Will be seen that the screen covering may be easily removed or placed in operative position by simply turning it a slight distance relative to the base 11. It Will also be seen that the covering is so arranged that an opening is formed on each side thereof so as to serve as an entrance for the mice. or rats to pass in upon the trap door.

The fact that the openings are so arranged adds tothe feature of the trap, due to the fact that mice will attempt to pass through one of the openings and out through one of the other openings.

Some changes maybe made in the conincluding a base having an opening therein,

trap doors arranged to'each cover substantially a fourth of the area of the opening, v

said trap doors being normally retained in their closed position and adapted to be operated by the Weight of a mouse or the like thereon, fingers formed on said base adjacent to said opening, a screen covering spaced above said trap doors, said screen covering having side Walls, each of-the side walls being arranged With an opening for serving as an entrance for one of the trapdoors, a portion of the screen covering adapted to rest against said base and to be.

engaged by said fingers,-the parts beingso arranged that the fingers hold the screen covering in position and permit it to be removed by turning the screen covering relative to the base as described. Des Moines, Iowa, April 15, 1922.

v EDWARD HERE/IAN SAMUELSON. I 

